The Carrolup artworks were created by Aboriginal children who were forcibly removed from their families as part of government policy and detained at the Carrolup Native Settlement in the 1940s.
Lost overseas for more than 60 years, the Herbert Mayer Collection of Carrolup Artwork came home to Noongar country in 2013. Curtin University is embarking on an expansion of the John Curtin Gallery to create a dedicated space for the Carrolup artworks, providing a place of quiet reflection and truth-telling.
The Carrolup Story
The Herbert Mayer Collection of Carrolup Artwork is a unique collection of artworks created by Aboriginal children of the Stolen Generations in the 1940s at the Carrolup Native Settlement in Western Australia. This is the story of those artworks.
Programs
The Katijin Coolungah [Seek and See What Was and What Can Be] Education Program is a creative and engaging learning experience for primary and secondary students
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When you support the The Carrolup Centre for Truth-telling, you help make tomorrow better through the transformative power of art.
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Curtin University is embarking on a project to create a dedicated home for these artworks that will become a centre for truth-telling, healing and reconciliation.
